
Wife By Contract, Mistress By Demand
2012
First Published
3.57
Average Rating
129
Number of Pages
Gabriella fell in love with her stepbrother, Rufus, on the day her mother remarried. However, her love for him was shot down by Rufus’s words: “Don’t try to seduce me for my money.” Since then, hatred has flared between the two. Five years later, Gabriella’s stepfather has passed away, leaving behind a strange will. Gabriella and Rufus are to live together for six months as husband and wife in order to inherit the fortune! Gabriella will live with a man who accuses women of being money-grubbing mares?
Avg Rating
3.57
Number of Ratings
143
5 STARS
36%
4 STARS
19%
3 STARS
24%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
12%
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Author

Carole Mortimer
Author · 268 books
I have written almost 250 romance novels in contemporary and Regency. I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'. I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man